I Can Do Bad All By Myself
“Hope is closer than you think.”
2009•PG-13•1h 53m•6.3•Released
DramaComedy
When Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.
Director
Tyler Perry
Writer
Tyler Perry
Budget
$19M
Revenue
$52M
Languages
English
Studio
Lions Gate Films
Cast
Tyler Perry
Madea
Taraji P. Henson
April
Adam Rodriguez
Sandio
Mary J. Blige
Tanya
Gladys Knight
Wilma
Brian J. White
Randy
Hope Olaidé Wilson
Jennifer
Kwesi Boakye
Manny
Frederick Siglar
Byron
Renee Horton
Dancer (uncredited)
Greta Glenn
Mama Rose
Production
Company
Lions Gate Films
Producer
Tyler Perry
Producer
Reuben Cannon
Recommended
6.8
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011
6.8
A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004
6.5
Juniper
2021
6.9
Fish Tank
2009
6.4
Eve's Bayou
1997
6.2
Mammal
2016
6.5
Bad Moms
2016
7.2
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
2024
6.9
You Can Count on Me
2000
6.1
Sleepwalking
2008
6.1
Where’s Poppa?
1970
5.9
Sister My Sister
1994
6.4
The Starling Girl
2023
6.5
The Spitfire Grill
1996
6.6
The Daytrippers
1997
7.4
Happiness
1998
6.3
Band Aid
2017
7.2
Love Streams
1984
6.9
Dogma
1999
6.2
Preacher's Kid
2010
Similar Movies
5.9
When You Come Home
1948
5.9
Death to Smoochy
2002
7.4
Nawi
2024
5.6
The Nutty Professor
1996
5.2
Girls on Top
2001
6.6
EuroTrip
2004
5.5
Poison Ivy
1992
6.3
Blockers
2018
8.7
The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story
2025
7.6
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
6.4
Ice Princess
2005
7.4
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001
6.6
The Children of Huang Shi
2008
5.5
The Wash
2001
6.3
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
7.6
The Man from Earth
2007
7.3
An American Crime
2007
6.1
The Life Before Her Eyes
2007
6
Georgia Rule
2007
7.3
Withnail & I
1987